Houston Transitional Care does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color, national origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or creed in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of their programs and activities, and in staff and employee assignments to patients, whether carried out by Houston Transitional Care and the Facilities that it owns and operates directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Houston Transitional Care and the Facilities that it owns and operates arrange to carry out their programs and activities.